Sale reports / Mississippi / Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction / 2024-10-09

Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Como, Mississippi · Wed, Oct 9
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2126
Feeder Cattle receipts
202 head
▼ 148 vs last sale 350▼ 184 vs year ago 386 · −47.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 40▼ 21 vs year ago 62 · −33.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 14▲ 12 vs year ago 4 · +300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 11.00 to 14.00 higher, feeder heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 8.00 higher, and feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $235.95/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −119.60 against this barn's trailing median of $355.55.
Average price
$235.95
23 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,302
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.85
vs MS average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550239.161,31518thin
Medium and Large 2559224.401,2555thin
One grade step is worth $14.76/cwt here — about $60 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale23 hd
235.95
—
MS average12 barns · 133 hd
240.80
−4.85
This barn, trailing median20 sales
355.55
−119.60
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales
450401352303median 355.5503/2506/1708/1909/3010/28
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $436.12, low $316.66, median $355.55 across 20 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,668146.572,4453thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,338117.091,56615
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,620110.001,7821thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00492.359279thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,277$1,7053thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,192$1,6956
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,115$1,5752thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)898$1,4212thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,520$1,9702thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)800$1,9251thin

Every lot

62 lots · USDA AMS · Lipscomb Brother's Livestock Market, Inc.- Como, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,1701
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3405200.00/cwt200.00–200.008101
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420283.52/cwt274.00–294.001,1912
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423262.17/cwt258.00–266.001,1092
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460268.42/cwt260.00–279.001,2354
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,2541
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525254.54/cwt248.00–258.001,3363
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575250.95/cwt248.00–254.001,4432
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2593230.01/cwt227.00–233.001,3642
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5501
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5791
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730229.01/cwt228.00–230.001,6722
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235319.84/cwt312.50–327.507522
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268319.25/cwt292.50–330.008564
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2283265.40/cwt250.00–280.007512
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325318.38/cwt314.00–324.001,0353
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335251.50/cwt248.00–255.008432
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371277.43/cwt270.00–284.001,0295
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,0051
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415259.44/cwt254.00–266.001,0774
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425241.72/cwt236.00–248.001,0272
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473227.39/cwt224.00–232.001,0763
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476239.52/cwt236.00–246.001,1404
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518233.79/cwt224.00–246.001,2119
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1821
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565225.70/cwt220.00–230.001,2756
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608223.99/cwt219.00–227.001,3623
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2601
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2723187.95/cwt186.00–190.001,3592
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240331.25/cwt300.00–362.507952
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275327.00/cwt304.00–345.008994
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1308327.17/cwt307.00–347.501,0083
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374290.11/cwt280.00–302.001,0854
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2377260.31/cwt246.00–268.009816
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424284.80/cwt276.00–304.001,20810
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430263.34/cwt256.00–272.001,1323
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,0061
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463261.10/cwt250.00–272.001,2095
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495240.00/cwt230.00–248.001,1883
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1529239.89/cwt236.00–246.001,26910
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2543231.00/cwt230.00–232.001,2542
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570220.00/cwt216.00–228.001,2543
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1576238.24/cwt234.00–247.001,3728
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1614233.63/cwt224.00–254.001,4346
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3991
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1672218.68/cwt209.00–228.001,4705
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2690204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,4081
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4001
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,4071
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,5272
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,668146.57/cwt140.00–153.002,4453
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87071.00/cwt71.00–71.006181
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02195.02/cwt92.00–102.009708
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,303114.59/cwt109.00–121.001,49312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,477127.08/cwt122.00–133.001,8773
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,620110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,7821
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18001,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5201,970.39/head1,925.00–2,000.001,9702
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18981,420.96/head1,300.00–1,525.001,4212
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1151,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1921,694.95/head1,375.00–1,975.001,6956
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2771,704.50/head1,500.00–1,900.001,7053

This sale against other markets

Mississippi weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.